Mark Mateschitz is the richest person in Austria in October 2026, with an estimated $45.8 billion from his inherited 49 percent stake in Red Bull. This list ranks the ten richest Austrians by net worth, from Red Bull’s heir down to the construction and shipping fortunes. Several names from the 2014 version of this article are gone, and a few new ones have taken their place.
| Rank | Name | Net worth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Mateschitz | $45.8 billion |
| 2 | Georg Stumpf | $12.6 billion (reported range $9 to $13 billion) |
| 3 | Johann Graf | $10.6 billion |
| 4 | Helmut Sohmen | $6.4 billion (at death) |
| 5 | Reinold Geiger | $3 billion |
| 6 | Wolfgang Leitner | $2.7 billion |
| 7 | Toto Wolff | $1.6 billion |
| 8 | Ulrich Mommert | $1.3 billion |
| 9 | Michael Tojner | $1.3 billion |
| 10 | Hans Peter Haselsteiner | About $1 billion or more (rough estimate) |
1. Mark Mateschitz: Net worth $45.8 billion
Mark Mateschitz was born on 7 May 1992 and became one of the youngest members of the global billionaire ranks when his father, Dietrich Mateschitz, died in October 2022. He inherited the 49 percent stake in Red Bull GmbH that Dietrich held, and that single holding now sits near $46 billion.
Dietrich founded Red Bull in 1984 with Thai partner Chaleo Yoovidhya’s family and launched the drink in Austria in 1987. The company later put Felix Baumgartner on the edge of space for the 2012 Stratos jump, a stunt that sold a lot of cans.
The figure rests on the latest 2026 estimates of Red Bull’s total value, scaled to the 49 percent share he holds.
2. Georg Stumpf: Net worth $12.6 billion
Georg Stumpf started the Stumpf Group in 1994. A 1 million schilling start-up gift from his father in 1997 got him into the Millennium Tower in Vienna, which cost 145 million euros to build and sold to a German fund in 2003 for 360 million euros.
In 2005 he and two other Austrian entrepreneurs bought most of the Swiss industrial group OC Oerlikon, and he later took over the German high-tech group M+W Zander. The $12.6 billion is the higher published estimate, and 2026 trackers put him lower, around $9 billion, so treat the range as soft.
We built this number from the property sale prices above plus the value of his industrial holdings, which is the thinnest part of the picture.
3. Johann Graf: Net worth $10.6 billion
Johann Graf grew up with his grandparents and trained as a butcher. In 1974 he started importing Belgian pinball machines for Austrian pubs, and in 1980 he founded Novomatic with 50,000 schillings in starting capital.
By 1990 Novomatic had branches in more than 50 countries, and the group now employs around 30,000 people. In January 2021 Graf handed 20 percent of the holding company Novo Invest to his son Thomas and two senior managers.
Our figure starts from the 2026 estimates of Novomatic’s value and the family’s control of the holding company that owns about 90 percent of it.
4. Helmut Sohmen: Net worth at death $6.4 billion
Born in Linz in 1939, Helmut Sohmen began as a legal adviser to the Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal and moved to Hong Kong in 1970 to join his father-in-law’s shipping business. He ran the World-Wide Shipping Group from 1986 and led Dragon Air as chief executive from 1985 to 1989.
The group became BW Group after the 2003 takeover of Norway’s Bergesen fleet. Sohmen retired as chairman in November 2014, handing the job to his son Andreas Sohmen-Pao. He died on 26 October 2025 at age 85.
The $6.4 billion comes from the most recent published estimate, which we treat as an upper figure because older estimates ran far lower.
5. Reinold Geiger: Net worth $3 billion
Born in Dornbirn in 1947 and living in Geneva, Reinold Geiger trained as an engineer at ETH Zurich and took an MBA at INSEAD. In 1978 he founded AMS Packaging in Paris, a cosmetics packaging business, and in 1994 he started investing in a small Provence soap maker called L’Occitane.
He listed the company in Hong Kong in May 2010 and stepped down as chief executive in 2021, staying on as chairman. Reports put his stake at 70 percent in 2023.
Our model leans on the value of that 70 percent holding.
6. Wolfgang Leitner: Net worth $2.7 billion
A chemist from Graz, Wolfgang Leitner spent time at McKinsey before co-founding the generics drugmaker Genericon Pharma in 1986. Bristol Myers Squibb bought that company in 1995 for $110 million.
He had already joined Andritz as finance chief in 1987 and became chief executive in 1994. When Andritz was sold in 1999 he took a 26 percent stake. Joachim Schönbeck took over as chief executive in April 2022, and Leitner moved to the supervisory board.
This one comes straight from the market value of the Andritz shares he holds, with the Genericon sale as a small extra.
7. Toto Wolff: Net worth $1.6 billion
Toto Wolff is the one name on this list who spends weekends in a headset. Born in Vienna in 1972, he raced cars in the 1990s and 2000s, won the 2006 Dubai 24 Hour, and built an investment business through his firms Marchfifteen and Marchsixteen.
He bought into Williams in 2009 and joined Mercedes in January 2013, taking roughly 30 percent of the Formula 1 team. He now runs it as chief executive and team principal, and he signed a new three-year deal after the 2023 season.
We priced his stake against what F1 teams change hands for, then added his investment portfolio on top.
8. Ulrich Mommert: Net worth $1.3 billion
Ulrich Mommert appears on the 2024 list of Austrian billionaires with an estimated $1.3 billion, tied to ZKW, the Austrian maker of car lighting systems. Public detail on his holdings is thin, so this is the vaguest entry in the ranking.
The figure is the published estimate, and we have no better primary evidence to improve on it.
9. Michael Tojner: Net worth $1.3 billion
Michael Tojner is a Vienna investor whose wealth is tied to the battery maker VARTA, in which he has been a major shareholder. He sits level with Mommert on the 2024 estimates.
VARTA’s share price has swung hard, so his number moves more than anyone else’s here. We use the published $1.3 billion and flag it as volatile.
10. Hans Peter Haselsteiner: Net worth roughly $1 billion
Born in Wörgl in 1944, Hans Peter Haselsteiner married into the contractor Isola & Lerchbaumer in 1972 and built it into the construction group Strabag, which he controls through the holding company Fimag. He was Strabag’s chief executive until June 2013.
He also co-owns Rail Holding AG, which runs the Westbahn passenger trains, and holds a majority stake in the Remus-Sebring group. No reliable 2026 net worth figure was found, so we keep him last with a cautious billion-dollar estimate.
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Who is the richest person in Austria in 2026?
Mark Mateschitz, with an estimated $45.8 billion from his 49 percent stake in Red Bull.
How did Mark Mateschitz get his money?
He inherited his father Dietrich Mateschitz’s 49 percent share of Red Bull GmbH after Dietrich died in October 2022.
What changed since the 2014 version of this list?
Dietrich Mateschitz and Heidi Horten both died in 2022, and Helmut Sohmen died in October 2025. Georg Stumpf, Mark Mateschitz and Toto Wolff joined the ranking.
Which Austrian billionaire made his money in gambling?
Johann Graf, founder of Novomatic, one of the largest gaming machine groups in the world. We estimate his fortune at about $10.6 billion.
Is Toto Wolff a billionaire?
Yes, he is estimated at $1.6 billion thanks to his stake in the Mercedes Formula 1 team and his investments.
How accurate are these net worth numbers?
They are estimates built from company valuations and public reporting, and published figures for the same person can differ by billions.
How we estimate net worth
Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.
For this list we leaned on company valuations of Red Bull, Novomatic, Andritz and BW Group, property sale prices, and disclosed share stakes. Where the evidence was thin we kept the entry low in the ranking and said so.
Last updated: October 2026.
